Art In Wax : Encaustic Art By Hazel Rayfield

Miniature 1 24th Scale Dolls House Art

Very Popular tiny 1/2 size paintings

I am getting hooked on painting this very tiny !:24 size pieces of my art …..

They are being very well received with lots of comments plus orders and commissions. I do like to present my art i the best way possible so my husband and I made a little set to display them on, normally I paint to 1;12 scale so this is half that size and my Gallery and easels etc are the wrong scale to show these tiny pieces off.

Bank Holiday weekend and it rained !!

While I have been painting in miniature this weekend, tiny pieces for 1 24th scale dolls houses. My husband Adrian has been building me a tiny easel to fit these miniature paintings for me to display them on for taking photographs.

Commission Miniature Art 1:24 scale

How I painted a tiny Rose Vase in Encaustic hot wax paints

Last month I was again commissioned to paint for another 1:24 scale dolls house.

The brief for this commission was to paint four miniature pictures to go in a 1:24 country cottage style dolls house in Scotland. The lady has said she will leave it up to me, so I had fun painting two rose vases and two country landscapes.

For on of the rose paintings I took photos along the way to show how I did it……

Starting with my encaustic tools and wax on a pink specialist encaustic card ….. I then painted the vase / jug in a purple wax, adding then the greenery and areas where the main flowers will go.

Adding highlights and shadow plus a table for the vase to sit on and finally a silver and brown edge, this piece is just 1 x 1 1/4 inches.

More new 1:24 scale dolls house art …..
The paintings shown in this image are all sold but if you see a piece that is sold and would like one similar…. why not ….

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1:24 Scale Dolls House Furniture

Painting Tiny Art

I was recently asked if I painted for 1:24 scale. Which I hadn’t before, but I took the commission as you may know from reading my blog I do love a challenge …… I painted a tiny cottage landscape just 1 inch by 1 1/4 inches, following showing this I have sold a couple more paintings for this scale dolls house and been asked to do more commissions.

I showed these tiny pieces on Facebook and have had a lot of comments, this has lead me to paint more pictures in the scale and this week I decided to try something different.

My 1:12 (the size I mostly paint for ) dolls house screens / room dividers have always been very popular. Each being an original painting as a unique piece of miniature furniture. So I decided to try some at this smaller scale.

Quote about dolls house scales

“The most common standard for
adult collectors is 1:12 scale, also called 1″ or one inch scale (where 1 foot is represented by 1 inch.) Among adult collectors there are also smaller scales which are much more common in the United States than in Britain. 1:24 or half inch scale (1 foot is 1/2″) was popular in Marx dollhouses in the 1950s but only became widely available in collectible houses after 2002, about the same time that even smaller scales became more popular, like 1:48 or quarter inch scale (1 foot is 1/4″) and 1:144 or “dollhouse for a dollhouse” scale.”

Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollhouse

1:24 Dolls’ House Room Dividers

Painted in Encaustic Wax paints on specialist gloss card. I have backed the panels with card and the back has a coloured card backing to cover up the paper tape that creates the concertina effect.

Approximately 7.5 cm high with each panel 2 cm wide. They are delicate pieces of furniture.

It is great fun and very challenging painting this tiny.

Hope you like these new tiny pieces of art and furniture. My Husband Adrian made me this little set up help me get my eye in for this tiny scale. And it makes a lovely way to display the art and screens.

I will be painting more in this scale, in fact I have four to paint as a commission for a collector in Scotland who has a country cottage style dolls house 1:24 scale. I will also be listing pieces in my Etsy show over the next few weeks too.

Strictly “Miniature” Come Dancing …………

New Ideas …… Ballroom Dancing

We have been having some extreme weather here the south of England this week last and its been very cold in my studio, so I haven’t been painting very much, however with a change to the weather I have now been back painting, I haven’t been idle while not in the studio and have been sketching and “doodling” as I call it, And the ideas for some new paintings have been awaiting me being able to get my time back with the encaustic wax flowing ……

New subject are always Fun

These Dolls house miniature paintings are shown here on display in my 1:12 Art Gallery. If you read my blog you will know I have my own miniature Property that houses my own collection of miniature Art In Wax and where I display my new paintings for photographing.

These three new pieces each feature some dancers, maybe in a dancing competition like we used to see on the TV in “Come Dancing” (I’m showing my age now ) or “Strictly Come Dancing”, or at a Ball or dance in a period setting, these dolls house pieces have lots of opportunity for display.

Ballroom with the chandeliers 2 x 2 1/4 inches

Behind the curtain…. dancers are 2 x 2 1/2 approx framed.

Dance Hall 3 x 2 1/4 inches

They are currently listed for sale in my Etsy store …..
I ship worldwide.

If by the time you read this blog they have been sold, please contact me and I am happy to paint miniature commissions, so you could have a piece of Art In Wax painted especially for your miniature property, room box or diorama.

These miniature original encaustic art are collectible paintings and not suitable for children.